Term Review for Final Exam

Term Review – First Set (1-9) Rhythm Rhyme Hyperbole Enjambment Metaphor Simile Repetition Personification Tone

1 A figure of speech which makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things/objects that are poles apart but have some characteristics common between them.

Metaphor

2 A figure of speech, which involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.

Hyperbole

3 A literary device that repeats the same words/phrases a few times to make an idea clearer.

Repetition

4 An attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience, generally conveyed through the choice of words/viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject.

Tone

5 A repetition of similar sounding words occurring at the end of lines in poems or songs.

Rhyme

6 A thought or sense, phrase or clause in a line of poetry that does not come to an end at the line break but moves over to the next line.

Enjambment

7 A figure of speech in which a thing, idea or animal is given human attributes.

Personification

8 A figure of speech that makes a comparison showing similarities between two different things. Draws resemblance with the help of the words “like” or “as.”

Simile

9 Demonstrates the long and short patterns through stressed and unstressed syllables particularly in verse form.

Rhythm

Term Review – Second Set (10-15) Plot Exposition Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution

10 The series of conflicts and crisis in the story that lead to the climax.

Rising Action

11 All of the action which follows the climax.

Falling Action

12 The structure of a story; the causal arrangement of events and actions within a story.

Plot

13 The turning point. The most intense moment (either mentally or in action).

Climax

14 The conclusion, the tying together of all of the threads.

Resolution

15 The start of the story. The way things are before the action starts.

Exposition

Term Review – Third Set (16-22) Theme Character Dynamic Character Static Character Character Motivation Setting Imagery

16 Individuals that participate in the action

Character

17 Remains the same throughout the story.

Static Character

18 Used to identify and establish the time, place and mood of the events of the story

Setting

19 Undergoes some kind of change as the plot unfolds.

Dynamic Character

20 Intention or desire that causes him or her to act in a particular way.

Character Motivation

21 When the authors uses words and phrases to create “mental images” for the reader

Imagery

22 A main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly

Theme

Term Review – Fourth Set (23-27) Point of View First Person Second Person Third Person Omniscient Third Person Limited

23 Involves the use of either of the two pronouns “I” and “we”

First Person

24 The narrator adheres closely to one character’s perspective

Third Person Limited

25 Employs the pronoun “you”

Second Person

26 The mode of narration that an author employs to let the readers “hear” and “see” what takes place in a story, poem, essay, etc.

Point of View

27 Narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story

Third Person Omniscient

Term Review – Fifth Set (28-34) Conflict Internal Conflict External Conflict Man vs. Man Man vs. Society Man vs. Nature Man vs. Self

28 Arises as soon as a character experience two opposite emotions or desires. Hint: The larger category

Internal Conflict

29 The main character fights to endure or overcome forces of nature

Man vs. Nature

30 Two characters against each other

Man vs. Man

31 When a character finds himself in struggle with outside forces

External Conflict

32 The main character challenges a law, tradition or institution

Man vs. Society

33 The struggle inside one’s head Hint: The Sub-Category

Man vs. Self

34 A struggle between two forces

Conflict

Term Review – Section 6 Tragedy, Tragic Hero, Tragic Flaw, Catastrophe, Chorus, Skene, Orchestra, Choragus, Myths, Legends, Dramatic Irony

35 Traditional stories about the gods and goddesses.

Myths

36 A long building that served as the backdrop for the action and as a dressing room.

Skene

37 Leader of the chorus.

Choragus

38 Stories handed down from the past believed to be based on actual historical events.

Legends

39 A spacious floor where the action took place, located between the skene and audience.

Orchestra

40 A disastrous conclusion that usually involves multiple deaths

Catastrophe

41 When the audience knows more than the characters do.

Dramatic Irony

42 At the center of a tragedy is a person of high rank who accepts his or her downfall with dignity

Tragic Hero

43 An error in judgment or a weakness in character, such as pride or arrogance – helps bring about the hero’s downfall.

Tragic Flaw

44 A masked group of 15 actors who observe and comment on the action through songs

Chorus

45 A form of drama that shows the downfall of a dignified, superior character who participates in events of great significance.

Tragedy

Term Review- Section 7 Main Character, Minor Character, Round Character, Flat Character, Stock Character, Protagonist, Antagonist

46 Types of characters who have become conventional or stereotypical through repeated use in particular types of stories. They are instantly recognizable to readers or audience members.

Stock Character

47 The characters that represents the opposition against which the protagonist must contend.

Antagonist

48 This literary personality is notable for one kind of personality trait or characteristic.

Flat Character

49 Characters who serve to complement the major characters and help move the plot events forward.

Minor Character

50 Central person in a story, and is often referred to as the story’s main character.

Protagonist

51 Characters who are vital to the development and resolution of the conflict. The plot and resolution of the conflict revolves around these characters.

Main Character

52 Anyone who has a complex personality; he or she is often portrayed as a conflicted and contradictory person.

Round Character

Term Review - Section 8 Rhetorical Appeals, Logos, Ethos, Pathos

53 An appeal based on emotion (aka pulling on the heart strings)

Pathos

54 An appeal based upon the reputation or experience of the writer

Ethos

55 An attempt to earn audience approval/agreement by playing to natural human tendencies or common experience

Rhetorical Appeal

56 An appeal to logic. Might draw on statistics, credible sources, etc.

Logos